FARMINGTON, Mont., April 23, 2013 -- Frontier Medicine Better Health Partnership (FMBHP) and Vree Health – a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. focused on technology-enabled services designed to improve the reach, cost-efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare – today announced a collaboration designed to improve care transitions and reduce hospital readmission rates for patients in rural areas. Over the coming months, FMBHP and Vree Health will develop new, improved processes for transitioning patients from hospital to home within at least 10 Montana communities that will be pilots to inform later programs.

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 -- About one-third of Latinos or 15 million people will be seeking new doctors for diabetes, hypertension, cancer and preventive services when they become eligible to receive or buy health care coverage under the new health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  As the nation's Latino doctors come together this week for the 17th Annual Conference of the National Hispanic Medical Association, the implementation of the ACA and ensuring access to the benefits of the new law for Hispanic patients will be at the forefront of the agenda.  The conference opens Friday, April 27 th at 9:00 am at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 17--Gazzang, the Linux data security company, today announced its software-based data security solutions are enabling health care organizations to confidently move sensitive data into cloud and big data environments.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--The Premier healthcare alliance has partnered with Phytel to automate population health services, helping health systems deliver safer and lower-cost care across the continuum.

Schaumburg, IL & Oakville, ON  April 18, 2013 -- For more than 80 years, Acclaim Health has been providing client-based care to individuals in their community. Acclaim Health Nursing professionals offer an array of services that provide quality care and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Their approach to healthcare puts clients first by ensuring their staff has access to client health information, medical orders and clinical best practices at the point of care, the client’s home.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 16, 2013 -- Change Healthcare® clients nationwide can now offer their members and employees cost transparency tools and health benefits education in multiple languages.  The leader in consumer engagement and cost transparency recently launched a Spanish-language version of its flagship platform, Transparency Messenger™, and will leverage the functionality of its enhanced platform to expand into other languages as the market demands, says Clayton Nicholas, Change Healthcare's vice president of strategy and marketing.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16, 2013 -- Priority Health is laying the groundwork to become the first health plan in Michigan to publish specific, regionalized health care costs and quality information by procedure, facility and physician. The company announced today it has signed a contract with Healthcare Blue Book to publish costs associated with more than 300 health care services most utilized by members of Priority Health.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 15, 2013 -- Net Medical Xpress Solutions, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board NMXS)(OTCQB: NMXS), announced today that it will be showcasing its newest web-based telemedicine technology at the American Telemedicine Association tradeshow in Austin, Texas on May 5-7, 2013.Net Medical CEO Dick Govatski said, "In May, we are introducing the latest software and hardware technology from our technology infrastructure group. The team will demonstrate our WebRTC (Web Real Time Communications) software for Google, Chrome and Firefox browsers eliminating the need for plug-ins, downloads and other proprietary installs so that video and audio communications can be connected as easily as opening up a browser.